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y'r7/v ///<;•« these melodies, dear friend, 
May they a brightness bring, 

That to the tvintry day shall lend 
A charm, to rival Spring. 



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HARD & PARSONS : 
NEW YORK. 






Copyright 1886, 
BY 

Hard & Parsons. 



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WINTER SPLENDORS. 



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UT Winter !}cis yet bria[;)ter scenes — \)Q boasts 

i^pienaors beyond wrjat noraeous i^ummer i?nows, 
fr C^utumn wit!} pis many fruits, and woods 

oil flusl^ed witl; many Ques. oome wpen tpe rams 
nave cla?^ed \\)Q snow, and clothed tpe trees witl; ice, 

Willie il^e slant sun of Pebruary pours 
^nto tl^e bowers a flood of lipl^t. cipproaci} ! 

^'be Incrusted surface sball upbear 1ny steps; 
ond 'l^e broad arcbma portals of tf^e qrove 
Welcome tl;y entering. 



ErVAN T. 



ICY FEATHERS. 






'HEi verdure of tbe plain lies buned deep 

Deneafb tl^e da^zlina deluae ; and ti^e bents 

C^nd coarser nrass upspeannn o er tpe rest, 
■^f late unsmbtly and unseen, now SQine 

Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad 

clnd fledaed wltlj icy fealt)ers, nod superb. 



COUI'EK. 



OLD KING WINTER. 



J WINTER, ruler of \\)Q inverlec! year, 

^by scattered \)Q\? Vvitr? sleet-!i!^e as^es filled, 
^by breaib conaealed upon tby lips, iby cbeel^s 

Rrinci d witb a beard made wbite witb olber snow: 
^ban tbose of aae ; iby forebead wrapped in clouds, 

leafless brancb tby sceptre, and tby tbrone 
slidina car, indebted to no wbeels, 

But uro d by storms alon^ its slipp ry way, 
^ love ibee, all unlovely as tbou seem st, 

Qnd dreaded as tbou art. 



COWFER, 



FROSTY DA VS. 



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^HE sl?y IS bniar^t, tl;e am serenely cola, 

^\)G been nortb-west, that heaps tr;e drifted snow; 

Hon nnontbs entire o er frozen re9ions bluws; 

rHon braves l^is blast ; \)\s, qelid breatb inhales 

Ond feels more viaorous as trje frost prevails, 



David Humi'i)i;kvs 



A DAZZLING GARMENT. 



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^'HE cl^ensl^ecl fields 

r ut on ti^eir winter robe of purest wt;ite, 
(^is bnci^tness all ; save wpere ilje new snow melts 

olona tl^e mo^y current. lSow tl)e woods 
iDovj tr)eir l;oar rjeods ; and, ere i\)e Ian9uid sun 

Paint from tbe west emits 91s evening ray, 
Qartl^ s universal face, deep-l^id and cl^iil, 

9s one wild dazzling waste, tba!" buries wide 
e worbs of man. 



A FIRESIDE SONG. 

\10W 1l}e wintry winds are blowing 

rrioanlnaly alonp ; 
0n t^e dyina embers tl;)rowin^ 
Fuel, set QQc\) face a^lowinp, 

oljeer eacl} l^eart witl} sona. 



Rot for any moonlit bower 
^n ^outl^ern clime, 
Will we aive tl^is rtortl^enn dower, 
^i^is delial^tful, social l^our — 
Qve in winter time. 

I. W. JOKDAN'. 



BEAUTIES OF WINTER. 



L'MP 



ME naked trees stretcl; out tl^eir arms all day, 

C^nd eaci; bald [^ill-top lifts its reverend [;ead, 
ols if for some ne^' covenncj to pray. 

(c>ome, Winter, tpen and spread t!}y robe of wl^ite 
obove t!}e desolation of tr)is scene; 

v:dnd wl^en tpe sun witb aems spall rnabe it bnabt, 
yn, wpen its snowy folds by midmqbt s queen, 

Ore Silvered o er witp a serener liQl;t, 
We II cease to sial; for Rummer s livma aneen. 



Elizabeth C. Kinney. 



A FLEECY COVERING. 



M'^AST falls a fleecy sl^iower ; t^e downy flabes 
Descendma, and wit9 never-ceasma lapse 

'^oftly alial^tma upon all below, 

Qsslmilate all objects. Qarll; receives 

(gladly tl^e ti^ickenma mantle ; and \\)Q areen 

0nd tender blade, tl;?at feared tfje d^iH'm^ blast, 

Escapes unl^urt beneail;) so warm a vei 



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COWPKR. 



BRIGHTNESS J I V THIN. 



I lOUGH boundless snows ll;e witi^ered beat I; deform, 
Ond \\)Q dinn sun scarce wanders il^rouab tbe siorm, 
Y et sboll tl^e smile of social love repav, 
Will; menial liabt, tl^e melancholy day : 
olnd wben its syort and sullen moon is o er, 

be ice-cbained waters slumbering on tl)e sbore ; 
Mow bnabt tbe facaots in tbe little ball 
Dlc^e on tbe beof'ibi ^'^^ warm \\)Q pictured wall. 



Cami inci I . 



A WINTER NOON. 



P0N ti;e soutl^ern side of tl^e slant [)ills, 



clncl wl^ere trje woods "fence off tl^e northern blast, 



^\)Q season smiles, resigning all its ra^e, 



Ind pas t[;e warmti; of irYoay. (^f}e vault is blue 



Without a cloud, and wpite witl^out a specb, 



%^\)Q da^zlma splendor of \\)Q scene below. 



COWPHR. 



]VrN TER S UN SHINE. 



^*«*,,. UMMEiR IS a alonous season 

Warm, and brigbt, and pleasani 
Out \\)Q past IS not a reason 



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)o despise ibe present ; 



)o, wQile beahb can climb tbe mountain, 



Ond tbe loa ligbts up tbe bci'l, 
(i|)bene are sunny days in winien, after al 



D. V. Macakthv. 



THE SNO W-SHO WER. 



^^^EiE bow in a livincj swarm tl^ey come 

Krom tl^e chambers beyond lljat misty veil ; 
'^ome bover awbile in air, and some 

r\usb prone from tr^e sby libe summer 901!, 
clll, droppma swiftly or settlina slow, 

rrieet, and are still m trje depths below; 
Klabe after flabe 
Dissolved in tl^e darb and silent labe. 



Bkvant. 



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